The No. 4 seed Wake Forest Demon Deacons and No. 5 seed North Carolina Tar Heels will square off in a critical ACC Tournament matchup on Thursday afternoon. Wake Forest won two of its final three games down the stretch of the regular season, including a 69-43 win over Georgia Tech last Saturday. North Carolina lost to rival Duke in its regular-season finale, but it bounced back with a 76-56 win over No. 12 seed Notre Dame on Wednesday.    

Tipoff is set for 2:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte. North Carolina is favored by 5.5 points in the latest Wake Forest vs. North Carolina odds, while the over/under is 148 points, per SportsLine consensus. Before entering any North Carolina vs. Wake Forest picks, you'll want to see the college basketball predictions from the model at SportsLine.

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